By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA (PRECISE POST) – In a move to dissociate itself from any conduct that would be tantamount to a tacit endorsement of the constitutional violations and subversion of the rule of law in Rivers state, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), led by its President, Afam Osigwe, SAN has moved it’s 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) earlier slated to hold in the Garden City to Enugu.
According to the statement signed by the President, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN; General Secretary. Dr. Monolaji Ojibara and the Annual General Conference Planning Committee, Emeka Obegelu, SAN made available to Precise Post, the NBA said that during the emergency session of the National Executive Council (NEC) on the 27th of March, the overwhelming consensus was that the NBA could not, in good conscience, proceed with the AGC in a state governed unconstitutionally by a Sole Administrator.
“The NEC reaffirmed that the state of emergency decleared in Rivers State, violates section 305 of the 1999 constitution. It further noted that suspension of elected officials and democratic institutions contravene section 11 and 188 of the constitution. The purported ratification by the National Assembly executed by voice vote rather than the constitutionally required two-thirds majority amounts to a grave constitutional subversion. Even if the proper procedure had been followed, it would not legitimise an uncostitutional proclamation.
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